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Victory Hills Eviction Risk: Moderate , Kansas City

Tract 20209044101 · Wyandotte County, KS · pop 1,573 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

20209044101 is a census tract in the Victory Hills area of Kansas City, KS. It scores 4.1/10 for landlords. Population here is 1,573. 36% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
4.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28% Stable renters 22% Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units543
Renter share50.6%
SVI overall0.83
Poverty rate23.9%
Median income$59,805

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 4 tracts In Victory Hills
Elevated
Within parent city
63 th percentile
Rank, 63rd percentileLowHigh
#23 of 61 tracts In Kansas City
Elevated
Within county
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#22 of 64 tracts In Wyandotte County
Elevated
Within state
73 th percentile
Rank, 73rd percentileLowHigh
#229 of 829 tracts In Kansas
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Kansas City and the region

Centroid at 39.1111, -94.7510 · click any tract to drill in

Why Victory Hills scores 4.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Kansas City
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.5
State political climate
Kansas legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
23.9% poverty · this tract
6.0
Supply constraint
$1,136 rent vs county FMR
3.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Kansas City
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Kansas City
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Kansas City
3.0

How Victory Hills compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Victory Hills risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.1This tracttract 0441013.4Kansas Cityparent city3.8Countyavg tract in county3.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 83

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Eviction filings

Court-record eviction history

Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 40Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 12.23%Avg annual filing rate
  • 12.2%Peak (2016)
  • 40Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Victory Hills. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress

Eviction-adjacent indicators

Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Victory Hills

The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Cost burden runs 56% here against 44.1% across Wyandotte County. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.5/10.

Running cool, state political climate reads 2/10. The poverty rate is 24%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 20.3% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 40 filings here across 1 tracked years. SNAP participation runs 22.8% against 15.2% nationally.

The worst year on record was 2016, when 12.2% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 12.2% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 44th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.5/10.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Wyandotte County average of 3.8 closely.

Average gross rent is $1,136, close to the Kansas City average.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 20209044101

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 20209044101?

Census tract 20209044101 in the Victory Hills neighborhood scores 4.1/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 20209044101?

Median gross rent is $1,136/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 20209044101?

23.9% of residents in tract 20209044101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,573.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 20209044101?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 83th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 80th, household 92th, minority 80th, housing 55th.
Q5

Is tract 20209044101 considered part of Victory Hills?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 20209044101 fall within Victory Hills (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 20209044101?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 40 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 20209044101 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.23% of renter households, peaking at 12.2% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 20209044101 struggle to pay rent?

About 24.7% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 20.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 20209044101 compare to Kansas City overall?

Tract 20209044101 scores 4.1/10, higher than the parent city of Kansas City at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Kansas City eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Kansas City

Top eight tracts in Kansas City ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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